Scania N113
The Scania N113 was a transverse-engined step-entrance and low-floor city bus chassis manufactured by Scania between 1988 and 2000.
History
The Scania N113 was designed as a successor to the N112. Most of the single-decker buses and the double-decker buses have a double-curvature windscreen with an arched top. It had an 11-litre engine mounted at the rear, coupled to either a Scania or Voith gearbox. It was available as:
- a standard-floor single-decker bus (N113CLB/N113CRB)
- a low-floor single-decker bus (N113CLB-LG/N113CLL/N113CRL)
- a double-decker bus with two or three axles (N113DRB/3-axle N113)
- an articulated bus (N113ALB).
Modifications
Scania CN113CLL is a high-capacity city bus manufactured by Scania AB. Displaced from the production line by the Scania OmniLink model.
United Kingdom
A total of 641 N113s were sold in the United Kingdom, this figure made up of 405 two-axle double-deckers, 194 standard-floor single-deckers and 42 low-floor single-deckers.
The double-deckers were offered with bodywork by Alexander, East Lancs and Northern Counties, while most of the standard-floor single-deckers were bodied by Alexander to their PS and Strider designs, though the Wright Endurance, Plaxton Verde and East Lancs EL2000 were also specified.
Of the 42 low-floor single-deckers, 30 Wright Pathfinder bodied examples were bought by London Buses in 1994 for trials at its East London and Leaside Buses subsidiaries. The other 12 carried an East Lancs body marketed jointly as the MaxCi, and of these, five went to Clydeside 2000, four to Midland Red North, and one to Tayside.
Hong Kong
In 1993, Kowloon Motor Bus purchased two Alexander RH-bodied Scania N113 tri-axle double-deckers. The Alexander RH buses all have a double-curvature windscreen with an arched top. They were equipped with Scania DS11-74 engines (274 HP) and Voith DIWA863 gearboxes.
Another 20 were purchased in 1996, but equipped with Scania’s DSC11-24 engine instead of DS11-74. All were withdrawn between 2010 and 2014.
Singapore
Singapore Bus Service took delivery of 200 Alexander PS bodied Scania N113CRB single deckers in 1989/90, 50 of which were air-conditioned and the remaining 150 non air-conditioned. Several of the non air-conditioned buses were retrofitted with air conditioning in 1998/99.
These buses served mainly the eastern parts of Singapore and were predominantly under the control of the Bedok North depot, with a minority at Ang Mo Kio, Braddell and Hougang depots. They were transferred to SBS Transit on 1 November 2001 and retired from 19 August 2008 to 1 May 2009. These buses were repainted between January 2004 and December 2007. Some of them were already replaced by Volvo B10M who in turn replaced by Scania K230UB. The N113CRBs operated on a majority of trunk, feeder and Townlink services in the East.
Assembly: Södertälje (Sweden)
Years of production: 1988—2000
Production: 1200 units
Length: 11695 mm
Width: 2500 mm
Height: 3050 mm
Capacity: 98 passengers (30 seats)
Powerplant: Scania DSC 1124
Engine: 6 cylinders; 11700 cc
Power: 360 HP
Max speed: 85 km/h
Fuel consumption: 48 l/100 km
Weight: 18100 kg
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